Prices should fall by around 1 zloty per litre while the measures are in place between 17 August and 31 August, says Prime Minister Tusk.
Energy & Climate
Polish state energy giant Orlen posts record half-year profit amid Middle East turmoil
Orlen has also this year seen its highest ever proportion of revenue from foreign markets.
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Poland invokes emergency grid capacity powers for second time in three days amid heatwave
Before this summer, it had only done so twice in eight years.
Police and park rangers step up joint patrols in Poland’s Tatras after series of tourist offences
Authorities in the national park remind visitors that bathing in lakes and other transgressions can damage the fragile ecosystem.
Polish president renews bid for referendum on EU climate policy
Nawrocki’s first referendum request was rejected by the Senate, but he has now proposed a new question.
Poland launches first of 11 planned “community forests” around major cities
The plans aim to give residents a place for recreation and contact with nature while also reducing logging.
Volkswagen hires 100 sheep to cut grass at Polish solar farm as experiment in agrivoltaics
The project, run in collaboration with a local university, will also contribute to research on agrivoltaics.
Researchers seek to solve mystery of Poland’s “Crooked Forest” before the trees die out
The reason why the pine trees have such dramatic C-shaped curves at the bottom of their trunks remains unknown.
Poland’s first offshore wind farm begins generating power
The government hopes to produce a fifth of Poland’s electricity from offshore wind by 2040 as it moves away from coal towards renewables and nuclear.
Warsaw’s clean transport zone shows early signs of improving air quality
NO2 concentrations fell by 18% inside the zone over two years, compared with a 5% decline outside.
Polish billionaire seeks to build 14 small modular nuclear reactors in UK
The £35 billion investment could eventually meet 11% of the UK’s power demand, says Synthos Green Energy.
Fuel prices jump in Poland as final government crisis measures end
Some places saw prices rise by as much as 14%.
Major battery materials plant in Poland to go ahead after Canadian firm buys project rights
The project’s previous owner, US firm Ascend Elements, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
Black gold vs the Green Deal? PiS launched an energy revolution but is now ashamed of it
Bartłomiej Orzeł
The energy transition offers an opportunity for the right-wing opposition – but one they risk wasting.
